On Sunday night, Young won her second Tony Award for best actress in a featured role in a play for the show Purpose, in which she plays Aziza, a social worker from Harlem. The victory marked the first ...

Kara Young is on a roll. Four Broadway shows in four years, with Tony nominations for each of those performances, she's one of two actresses to have achieved the feat of four consecutive nominations.

Kara Young — the first Black female actor to be nominated for a Tony Award in four consecutive years — became the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively with the featured actress in ...

Purpose, nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Play and, for Young, Best Featured Actress in a Play. Purpose was recently extended eight weeks and now runs through August 31 at Broadway ...

Tony winner Kara Young chatted about being a part of the Broadway show “Purpose.” Young on her Tony nomination for ‘Purpose’ On her Tony nomination for “Purpose,” Young said, “It’s ...

Kara Young just became the second Black person to win a consecutive Tony Award winner two years in a row. Young won the award for her role in 'Purpose'. She spoke about the theatre being a safe ...

Kara Young, already on a Broadway streak, ... “Purpose,” directed by Phylicia Rashad, also stars LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Harry Lennix, Jon Michael Hill, Alana Arenas and Glenn Davis.

For Tony Award Winner Kara Young, ‘Purpose’ Is History-making. Kristen Tauer. Thu, June 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM UTC. 6 min read. Kara Young is on a roll.

NEW YORK (AP) — The best new play trophy at Sunday's Tony Awards went to "Purpose," Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family exposing hypocrisy and pressures ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t bother asking Kara Young which one of her roles is her favorite. They’re all her favorite. “Every single time I’m doing a show, I feel like it is the most important ...

Kara Young accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play for "Purpose" during the 78th annual Tony Awards on Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t bother asking Kara Young which one of her roles is her favorite. They’re all her favorite. “Every single time I’m doing a show, I feel like it is the most importan… ...